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Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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A NOVEL ROLE OF SIRT1 IN SILDENAFIL INDUCED CARDIOPROTECTION IN MICE, Mona Shalwala

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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Amphiphilic Core-Corona Hyperbranched Polymer, composed of EHMO and EHMOpeg, for drug delivery., Khushboo Sharma

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A Post-Communist Picnic, Yi Sheng

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TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A NETWORK OF SPIKING NEURONS IN FACE IMAGE RECOGNITION, Joo-Heon Shin

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A Survey of the Usage of Topical Anesthesia Among Dentist, Lawrence Shults

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EFFECT OF HYALURONIDASE TREATMENT ON THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX LAYER, Kristin Simmons

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ROLE OF CAPSULE IN THE INTERACTION OF PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS WITH HOST, Amrita Singh

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Novel mechanism in astrocyte gene regulation and function, Sandeep Singh

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When Volunteering Doesn’t Cut It: A critical examination of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Surveillance and Trends in the United States., Erica E. Smith

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Zero Divisors among Digraphs, Heather Christina Smith

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Places on Earth, Holly Smith

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Analysis of Medical Images by Colonies of Prehending Entities, Rebecca Smith

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Segmentation and Fracture Detection in X-ray images for Traumatic Pelvic Injury, Rebecca Smith

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Implication of Gender Stereotypes for Public Policy, Sharon Smith

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Geropsychiatric Nursing Staff: The Role of Empowerment, Geriatric Caregiving Self-efficacy, and Emotional Labor at Work, Ann Smolen-Hetzel

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One Principal's Educational Leadership in a Rural and Low-Performing Middle School in Virginia: A Case Study, Clara Lynn Fletcher Sodat

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NEUTROPHIL PRODUCTS CONTROL THE EXPRESSION OF PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS AND MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-1 IN THE DECIDUAL AND MYOMETRIUM AND ARE POSSIBLE REGULATORS OF PREMATURE LABOR, Anna Solotskaya

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SYSTEMIC AND MICROCIRCULATORY EFFECTS OF HBOC-201: A HEMOGLOBIN-BASED OXYGEN CARRIER, Bjorn Song

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AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN LIVING IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: AN INVESTIGATION OF EARLY LITERACY AND THE INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRENGTHS AND FAMILY SUPPORT, Pia Stanard

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The Axiom of Determinacy, Samantha Stanton

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Compensation and Organizational Outcomes: Examining the Relationship between Teacher Salaries and Student Achievement for School Divisions in Virginia, Matthew Steele

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Cultural Factors and Communication During Medical Consultations with HIV-Positive Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients, Lillian Stevens

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Automated Selected of Mixed Integer Program Solver Parameters, Charles Stewart

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Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotion and HIV Disease: Exploring Potential Mediators of the Relation Between Trait Positive and Negative Affect and HIV Health Status, Karen Stewart

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The Epidemiology of Snakebite Injury in the Amazonian Regions of Ecuador, Sarah Stuppy

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B cell ADAM10 Activity is Increased by Kainate Receptor Activation: Potential Role of this Pathway in Th2 Immunity and Cancer, Jamie Sturgill

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ADENOVIRUS-5 INFECTION AFFECTS LIPID METABOLISM IN HEPATIC AND ADIPOSE TISSUES, Marianna Sukholutsky

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Numerical Simulation of Underground Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Marshall Sweet

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Symbolism and Art, Sylvia Swoboda

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AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, PEER AFFILIATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A STUDY OF PEER CLUSTER THEORY, Raymond H. Tademy Jr.

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Duality and the Parallel Lives, Hiromi Takizawa

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A Novel Method to Detect Functional Subgraphs in Biomolecular Networks, Sterling Thomas

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"When God Takes Away": Gendered Death Customs in Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Kristin Tremper

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APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY SURFACE PROTEINS OF ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM DENSE-CORED ORGANISMS AS ADHESINS TO HUMAN P-SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND-1, Matthew Troese

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The Zen of Mud, Timothy Trueheart

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Single-Step Factor Screening and Response Surface Optimization Using Optimal Designs with Minimal Aliasing, David Hien Truong

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Endodontic Education and Educators: Who is teaching our predoctoral students and what methods are being taught?, Ellison Turner

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Voice on the Skin, Sarah Turner

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An assessment of the methods that are used to recruit college students into the Turkish Hezbollah., TUNCAY UNAL

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A Case Study of the Collaborative Professional Development Activities Between Public School LEAs and Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Richmond., David J. Urban

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GENERATION Y AND VOCAL FRY, Paul Michael Valley

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Defying Labels: Richmond NOW’s Multi-Generational Dynamism, Schuyler VanValkenburg

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Image Segmentation and Analysis for Automated Classification of Traumatic Pelvic Injuries, Simina Vasilache

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ROLE OF OXIDATIVE REACTIVE SPECIES AND ANTIOXIDANTS IN METABOLISM AND TRANSPORT OF THERAPEUTIC DRUGS, Svetlana Verenich

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Making Authenticity: Polk Miller and the Evolution Of American Popular Culture, Jacques Vest

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Death Notification Skills, Secondary Stress, and Compassion Fatigue In a Level One Urban Trauma Center, Enid Virago

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Extra Ordinary, Lana Waldrep

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In Vitro Evaluation of Mechanical Heart Valve Performance Using a Novel Test Chamber in an Automated Mock Circulatory Loop, Antonio Walker

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DISTRIBUTION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF AVIAN MALARIA VECTORS ON FOUR CENTRAL VIRGINIA PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (PROTONOTARIA CITREA) BREEDING SITES, Catherine Wallace

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Listening to their Voices: Gang Members’ Perceptions of their Schooling and their Teachers, Martha Wall-Whitfield

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Awesome, Hannah Walsh

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Modeling Hydrophobic Effects at different lengthscales, Jihang Wang

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Membrane-bound Matrix Metalloproteinases Influence Reactive Synaptogenesis Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Kelly Warren

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Effect of Mechanical Stimulation on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Seeded Cartilage Constructs, Karin Wartella

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MUTATION OF THE VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER-1 GENE ALTERS ITS PROTEIN PRODUCT, Abena Watson-Siriboe

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Out of Shape, Out of Line: East Meets West, Claudia Weisner-Combecher

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The Development and Use of a Geographic Information System for Evaluating the Association between Pesticide Exposure and Prostate Cancer, Kristen Wells

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Automated Measurement of Midline Shift in Brain CT Images and its Application in Computer-Aided Medical Decision Making, Chen Wenan

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GENETIC VARIATIONS OF CYP2B6 ENZYME AND THE RESPONSE TO MEPERIDINE IN ORAL SEDATION, Heath Whitfield

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Polytrauma Family Needs Assessment, Schaaf Kathryn Wilder

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Stereotype Logit Models for High Dimensional Data, Andre Williams

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IDENTIFICATION OF LOCI CONTRIBUTING TO THE SMITH-MAGENIS SYNDROME-LIKE PHENOTYPE AND MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF THE RETINOIC ACID INDUCED 1 GENE, Stephen Williams

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Accessioning and Managing the Petersburg Area Art League Collection, Janelle Wilson

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The Effect of Medicaid Policy Reform on Dental Utilization Rates for Children, Matthew Winheim

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THE PROGNOSTIC POTENTIAL OF THE EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR AND NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B PATHWAYS AND ASSOCIATED THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN PATIENTS WITH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK, Pamela Wirth

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Flat Files: The Absence of Vernacular Photography in Museum Collections, Kimberly Wolfe

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A phenomenological investigation of client perceptions of their relationships to co-leaders in process groups, Benjamin Wood

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Network Analysis and Comparative Phylogenomics of MicroRNAs and their Respective Messenger RNA Targets Using Twelve Drosophila species, M Ryan Woodcock

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A Behavioral Comparison of Four Inbred Strains of Mice, Erin Wood

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SEASONAL PATTERNS OF NUTRIENT RETENTION IN A RESTORED TIDAL FRESHWATER STREAM OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, Joseph Wood

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Finding Beauty, Amanda Wright

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Freshmen First: An Evaluation of a Ninth Grade Transition Program, Troy Wright

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High-Pressure and High-Temperature Density Measurements of n-Pentane, n-Octane, 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane, Cyclooctane, n-Decane, and Toluene, Yue Wu

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An Inferential Framework for Network Hypothesis Tests: With Applications to Biological Networks, Phillip Yates

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VIRTUAL REALITY IN ART EDUCATION, Sohhyoun Yoon

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More than a prayer: Pastors' perception and practice of mental health services, Jessica Young

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Autotaxin: A Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation, Larra Yuelling

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4-D Modeling of Displacement Vector Fields for Improved Radiation Therapy, Elizabeth Zachariah

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A Qualitative Analysis of Messages Conveyed in Parent-Adolescent Communication about Substance Use: Variations Along Dimensions of Maternal and Familial History of Substance Abuse, Nikola Zaharakis

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SPECIFICITY DETERMINANTS OF ArmA, A RIBOSOMAL RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE THAT CONFERS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, Tamara Zarubica

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THE EFFECTS OF bFGF TREATMENT IN THE AGED BRAIN FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Michael Zeigler

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Role of Jak/Stat pathway in the pathogenesis of breast cancer, qifang zhang

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ARTERIAL WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT USING A PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, Ruizhi Zhang

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DIFFERENTIATING READING INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN AN INCLUSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL: COMPARING TEACHER KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION, Lauran Ziegler

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THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN PREGNANCY ON KNOWLEDGE AND RETENTION OF INFANT ORAL HEALTH INFORMATION, Andrew Zima

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Characterization and development of a stroke-induced model of acquired epilepsy in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures: role of the cannabinoid CB1 receptors in modulation of neuronal excitation and inhibition, Julie Ziobro

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE COMPOUND II INTERMEDIATE OF SOYBEAN PEROXIDASE FROM SOYBEAN SEED COATINGS, Andoh-Baidoo Rosemarie Agyepong

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Optimization of Functional MRI methods for olfactory interventional studies at 3T, Vishwadeep Ahluwalia

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Needs Assessment of Users of Psychiatric Services in Saudi Arabia, Khalid Aldeham

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THE USE OF LACTOBACILLUS IN THE TREATMENT OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION IN HOSPITALIZED ADULT PATIENTS, Ali Alhammad

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ROLES OF KRÜPPEL LIKE FACTORS KLF1, KLF2, AND KLF4 IN EMBRYONIC BETA-GLOBIN GENE EXPRESSION, Yousef Alhashem

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Novel Analogs of m-Chlorophenylguanidine as 5-HT3 Receptor Ligands, Katie Alix

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A Study of the Impact of the Alternative Intervention Program on Improving Student Achievement, Attendance, and Discipline, Beverly Allen-Hardy

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Association Between Preconception Multivitamin Use and the Risk of Preeclampsia/High Blood Pressure in Pregnant Women, Krisandra Allen

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Scribble as a Possible Binding Partner for the MAP Kinases ERK2 and ERK6, William Allen

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On the Beginning of Contemporary Tibetan Art: The Exhibitions, Dealers, and Artists., Martha Allison

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TRIPTOLIDE IS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Matthew Allsbrook

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MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND LENGTH ADAPTATION OF RABBIT BLADDER SMOOTH MUSCLE, Atheer Almasri

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Legacy, Susana Almuiña

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Impact of Statin Therapy on Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients, Abdulkhaliq Alsalman